Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Articles by Mike Maharrey
Americans spent a lot of money on Christmas, and they put most of it on credit cards.Now, it appears consumers have put the plastic back in their wallets. Consumer debt grew at a much slower pace in January, returning to the pre-holiday...
The headline Consumer Price Index was steady in February as inflation continues to rise.How could this be?Because the CPI doesn’t measure “inflation” (as properly defined). It simply reflects the price movements of a basket of goods...
The global silver market is expected to run another structural deficit in 2026 as silver investment remains strong.This was one of several articles featured in the Silver Institute’s most recent Silver News report.According to...
Rule changes announced by Indian regulators could further boost demand for precious metals in the country.India ranks as the world’s second-largest gold market behind China. It is also one of the top silver-consuming nations.Under the new...
Don’t just do something; stand there!Turns out this might be a pretty good investment strategy.Research conducted by Dalbar, Fidelity, and Vanguard reveals that dead people tend to be better investors than the living.Now, I’m not...
The Debt Black Hole keeps getting bigger. Household debt grew modestly in the fourth quarter of 2025, ending the year at another record high. According to the latest data from the New York Fed, household debt grew...
I have argued that the current economic environment has a lot of eerie parallels to 2007. We have extremely high asset valuations, the economy is loaded up with debt, and monetary policy has taken a similar trajectory, with easy money...
Contrarians have been talking about the threat of de-dollarization for a long time. I was doing interviews about weaponizing the dollar in 2018 and the potential blowback, long before Russia invaded Ukraine. Back then,...
Paper silver has driven the market for years, but with metal in short supply, physical demand is beginning to exert control.After briefly skyrocketing to $120 an ounce, the silver price has corrected, retreating to the $75 range....
It’s really exciting watching those Olympic athletes go for those silver medals, eh?No, you don’t need to send me emails telling me there is a typo in the first line of my article. I meant what I wrote. They are going for silver.Now, you...
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